Conway Twitty is the total embodiment of the the misunderstood history of country music, particularly as it's compared to today's garbage. There exists this unsubstantiated belief that the genre has changed, and that decades past showcased artists who were nothing but rebels and outlaws, and that couldn't be further from the truth.
Here's the rap on Twitty....
- barely played instrument
- dad bod/chubby
- wore size smedium tops, unbuttoned, with poofed out chest hair
- had a terrible whitefro
- spent his first decade as a rock musician and a bad actor
- barely wrote music
- his entire catalog was corny love songs
He's got some bangers, but he's nothing more than an Atlantic City lounge act with a twangy voice. I mean, the dudes from Florida-Georgia Line are country boy, redneck, backwoods badasses compared to that cat. He's whatev, but just know......the genre has been putting out complete and utter pansyfied horse manure forever. And he's your proof.